Duty LXD-0192
Crawls the web, in Trinidad and Tobago
Copyright Act 1997, Protection of Collections and Databasessince 2 lines
Copyright Act, 1997 (Chap. 82:80), s. 6(1)(b) (Collections and Databases) · Read the law's page
- Do not reproduce the whole or a substantial part of a collection of works or of data that is original by its selection, coordination, or arrangement, without the copyright owner's authorization.
- No text-and-data-mining exception exists; a bulk copy of a protected collection for training a model needs its own defence, such as the quotation or teaching exceptions, or the copyright owner's permission.
Computer Misuse Act 2000, Unauthorised Accesssince 2 lines
Act 86 of 2000 (Computer Misuse Act), Chap. 11:17, s. 3 (Unauthorised Access to Computer Program or Data) · Read the law's page
- Do not cause a computer to perform a function to secure access to a program or data knowingly and without authority; authority turns on the consent of the person entitled to control access, not on whether a technical security measure was defeated.
- Reading a public, unauthenticated page has not itself been held to satisfy or fail this test, since no reported Trinidadian case has construed the authority element against a scraper of open web content.